Old DSSG Blog Post – Me Too!

Well, I figure if others are gonna share a bit about themselves, I guess I will too! 🙂

First off, yes, I’m a girl! Really…

(“OMG! A girl playing DoD! No Way!!!” Seriously, 1337 boi, get a life!)

Started playing here with my brother in law, Liberty Lad, and my husband, Ducky Gemstone. I played on Ducky’s account, but had to change my name when I played so he wouldn’t be thought to be such a n00b, hence the name!. I go by Gemmy to most everyone, though, and by Pie Lady of course, which stems from a long-ago joke between me, Bert, and BaronvonPoopenPants. I think that must have been in like, August of 2003 or so, which is a long time ago…

Neither Liberty nor Ducky, alas, play much anymore, although that may change with DoD:S…

I am currently the VP of a trade association in Washington, D.C. that deals with trade between the U.S. and Taiwan. If I go off on a rant about work, feel free to just skip it. I love my job, but it can be high stress sometimes.

I do a little bit of everything, from web maintenance, to writing position papers, to editing publications, to running events, to organizing delegations, etc. I have done some very cool stuff in this job, like meeting President Chen of Taiwan, hosting the Taiwan Premier at a lunch in NY (and having to smile and small talk with him for an hour, very stressful), running a conference that entailed the highest level defense talks between the US and Taiwan since the switch in diplomatic recognition in 1979, etc.

I have an MBA from the University of South Carolina International Business program, where I was a student in the Chinese Track. If you occasionally hear me speaking to Uncle Chen, that’s how I know Chinese. And no, it’s not because I’m Asian, although Xeno posted some pics a while back that may have lead you to believe that….

Oh, and yes, I’m from Sweden originally. So if you hear me speaking to Spaceman in some unintelligible manner, it’s probably Swedish!

So, that’s pretty much about it. If I can, I’m gonna post some fun links here, mostly. It’s nice to have a repository of fun links from around the web, while sharing them with you lot too. Enjoy!